“The idea of further opening up, as was the focus of President Xi’s speech, is great, especially his commitment to opening the financial sector,” remarked Stephen P. Groff, vice president of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), on April 10 during his visit to the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA).

“An open trading system is the key to global prosperity,” remarked Kent Calder, director of Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies, Johns Hopkins University to China Pictorial on April 8 at the ongoing annual conference of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA).

Ahead of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2018, to be held on April 8-11, Beijing Review interviewed Zhou Wenzhong, Secretary General of the BFA, about his views on Asian development and the world's prosperity.